Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-21

| Director wilkins, in speaking to Boggs
! motion, said he would not support any
resolution that did not apply to both
prisons.
Director Boggs withdrew his motion,
| which left Mr.. Hendricks substitute before
| the Board.
Director Wilkins called for the reading
of the substitute, and at its close remarked,
Il cannot see as that settles anything"
| Director Hendricks-We can't settle this
| thing by resolutions. This is declaration
| of principles that we should adopt. Let us
express fixed conviction of principle.
Director Wilkins believe in some of
the things in the substitute and do not in
others. l cannot indorse 1t as a whole.
Director Devlin said the hour was grow
| ing late and nothing was being accom-
plished. As Chairman, he desired to give
all the widest latitude in discussion. He
believed in many of the things contained
| in Mr.. Hendricks resolution. He sug-
gested that Mr.. Sonntag Withdraw tempo
rarily his resolution, and let the Board
adopt so much as they desired of the docu
ment presented by Mr.. Hendricks as
declaration of principles, and then take up
| Mr.. Sonntag's motion and adopt what they
| like of it Mr.. Hendricks resolution was
simply an expression of principle and be-
| lief 1t decided nothing.
| Director Sonntag withdrew his resolution
| temporarily, and moved that the substitute
| offered by Mr.. Hendricks be referred to
Messrs. Devlin and Wilkins, who were in
! structed to draw and submit declaration
of principles within fifteen minutes.
This motion carried, and at l o'clock A.
NJ the Board took the recess and the COM
mittee went to work. Within the time
specified they submitted the following:
| As the subject of convict labor has been widely
| agitated in this State, and the Board having
| fully investigated the subject, deems it proper
| to place its conclusions on record.
Resotued, by the Board, that it shall be gov
| erned by the following principles:
First-All eonvicts must perform so much work
| as they are capable of performing each day in
| some useful labor. This is necessary for their
mental and physical condition, for the, promo
ton of discipline and as penalty that they owe
to society for an infraction of the law and the
expense to which they have put the State.
| Second-That they should be worked in such
branches of labor as will not compete with free
labor.
Third That their labor while in prison should
be of such character as to reform them and to
get them to lead honest lives when discharged.
At the conclusion of its reading Mr..
Hendricks moved to strike out State
and make it read UNITED States"
Director Boggs said this was an import
ant Board, but he hoped the Secretary of
and not National institution. The mo-
ton was lost. Ayes, 1; Noes, 4.
In section 3 Mr.. Hendricks move to
amend SO as TO read, so as to conflict as lit
tie as possible with free labor He said
there was no labor performed at the prison
that would not conflict with some person.
This is a world of conflict and we cannot
possibly avoid it.
Director Boggs said he was firmly con-
WINGED that it was impossible to perform
any labor that would not in some manner
be competing with free labor. He was in
favor of striking out the entire section. He
was not in favor of pandering to the
Knights of Labor They are getting a lit
tie too suggestive. They want to tell US
what we must and must not do; how We
shall live and breathe. l am not opposed
to giving them all the rights of their organ
ization and all the protection they should
have, but when they go beyond that am
opposed to them.
The motion of Mr.. Boggs to strike it all
out was lost, he only voting in the affirma-
tive.
The motion of Mr. Hendricks was then
adopted by the following vote: Ayes
Wilkins, Hendricks, Boggs. Noes-Sonn-
tag and Devlin.
Director Wilkins said this amendment
nulH1eu the intent OF tne RESOLUTION, tnere-
fore he moved to lay the entire matter up
on the table, which was carried.
Director Sonntag then renewed his reso-
lutions, given in full above.
Director wilkins moved to amend them
by making the closing down time at San
Quentin September LIST, instead of July LIST,
1887.
Director Sonntag opposed the amend
ment, and the other Directors favored it.
1t was carried-Director Sonntag recording
his vote no; all the others aye.
Director Boggs moved to except all I'M
finished contracts at the Folsom prison,
which included one monument and the
steps for church in San Francisco. This
carried by the same vote as the last.
The resolution, as amended, was then
adopted as whole by the following vote:
Ayes-Wilkins, Sonntag, Devlin, Boggs.
No-Hendricks.
Director Hendricks explained his vote.
He did not believe the Board was justified
in assuming the responsibility of undoing
what the State had done.
On motion of Director Sonntag, the
Board went into executive session for the
purpose of passing a resolution limiting the
living expenses of the Wardens to 500 per
month, and the appointing of an expert to
examine their books, both of which objects
were accomplished.
The Board adjourned to meet at San
Quentin, at 9 A. M, on Monday, April 4th.